Current-controlling apparatus.



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APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 12, 1905'.

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AIPLIGATION FILED JUNE 12} 19.05.

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77am ales jay AIT RNEW UNITED STATES Iig'rENT OFFICE.

AUGUST SUNDH, or YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB r o'rxs ELEVATOR company,

OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CURRENT-COhTTROLLIiNG APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented June 6, 1911.

Appication filed June 12, 1905. Serial in. 254,771.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST Susanna citizen of the United States, residing at Yonkers, in the county of 'estchester and State of New York, haveimented a new and useful Improvement in Current-Controlling Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to current controlling apparatus and has for its object the provision of simple and efficient meansfor controlling electric motors.

Further objects will appear hereinafter,

the novel combinations of elements being pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure '1 represents diagrammatically an embodiment of my invention in which a series motor is connected to be automatically controlled; Fig. 2 is a similar view but illustrating a shunt motor in place of a series motor; Fig. 3 illustrates my device applied to the starting of an alternating current motor; Fig. 1: is an elevational view illustrating my invention, with certain modifications, in con 'nection with automatic reversing switches controlled by a manual switch; and Fig. 5 is an end View of Fig. 4 to show certain details.

Like parts are designated by the same reference signs throughout the various views.

In Fig. 1 the main line switch '1 connects the and mains to a series motor com- Jrisin the armature 2 and held 3in series with each other. The controlling apparatus.-

for the motor comprises two opposing electro-magncts, one. lesignatcd' by the reference number 4. being connected across the mains by means of the wires (3 and 7, and the other, 5, being connected in series with the i'uotor. The winding '16 of opposing magnet 4 is of relatively small wi re as compared witlrthatoil. the series magnet 5. The

,motor armature may be termed the controlled partial circuit. There n'iay be a plurality of poles extending from the frames ltand 15 as shown in'l ig. 1 or a-single pole may be used as 111 Fig. 4.

The magnets 1 and 5 are tilaced opposite each other so that the action of onewill be opposed by the action of the other. This is for the purpose of varying the combined resistances 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Insulatedcontacts 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 are mounted on the endsof the poles of' magnet 4 and th'ese contacts areconnected together by the wire 32 of low resistance which extends to the plus main. Between the respective poles of the magnets 4 and 5 I provide movable ar matures 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 normally held against the poles of magnet 5 by gravity or by other meansalthough this is not essential as'they may be left normally in an intermediate position if desired, but not against the contacts on theopposing .magnet 4. Opposite the contacts 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 and fixed to the armatures 27, 28, 29,

30 and 31 so as to move therewith are the additional contacts 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26. These additional contacts'are connected to.

the resistances 8, 9, 10, ll and 12 at the latters junction points. 1 V

The operation is as follows: Assuming that the-contacts of the shunt magnet 4 are disconnected from those on the armatures,

let the main line switch 1. be closed to start the motor. The current must pass through the resistances 8,9, 10, 11, 12 and winding 13 of series magnet 5 in series and thence through tlie'series field 3 and armature 2'01 the motor to the main. Both the magnets 4 and 5 are at once energized but the ampere minimum at the lel'tto a maximum at the right. Now as the motor increases in speed and the current through the winding 13 of series magnet 5 diminishes the armatures 27, 28, 2t), 30 and Ell-are successively rcleased and attracted by the magnet at to itself. This has the eitect of successively short-circuiting the resistances 8, f), 10, 11 and 12 and thus allowing the motor to gradually increase in speed to its maximum. The magnet 5 in this instance is shown retained in circuit with the motor, the winding 13 being made of low resistance in order to reduce the amount otprower consumed in the magnet winding. 1th this arrange- 1't will be minish so that there would be a tendency for a dangerous current to flow, the magnet 5 would overcome the magnet 4 and rcinsert the resistances.

It is wcll-ltnown that when the direction of current through both the arn'iature and field of series motor is changed the armature will revolve in the same direction as before. It is therefore apparent that a di rect current series motor can-be operated by an alternating current, the direction of rotation not being changed by reversals of current. The construction,sl1ownin Fig. 1 is particularly adapted to electric railways and also to single phase alternating current.

In ig. I have shown a shunt motor with a shunt field 78'instead of a'series motor as in Fig. 1, this arrangement being preferable in electric elevators, for etc; ample, Since the other parts and their functions are the same as in Fig. 1 no fun their description of Fig. 2 is necessary.

in F g. 3 the principle of my invention is illustrated as embodied, in apparatus for controlling the starting of a polyphase motor. As before I have arranged two mag nets opposite each other so that the action of one shall be opposed by that of the other. The winding 4t of one of these magnets is connectcdhy means of the wires 6', 7 across two of the main lines 34, 35, 36. In this instance I have connected the wires 6, 7 to the lines 36 respectively. 1 designates a main line switch for closing the circuit to the three-wire two-phase motor M. This motor be a three-phase motor if desired, however, or any other type may be used, that shown being merely byway of illus tration. The rotor windings of the motor are connected to slip rin s 40, a1, 42 on 'w ich hear the brushes 3 38 and 39 rectively. means of the wires 44, 45' and 46 to, the terminals a7. and. 49, respectively, of a varir istance of a form corresponding to A .ings of the rotor. The terminals 4?. and are connected also to insulated contacts 54s, and 56, by means of the wires 6d, and 66, respectively. These contacts are fixed to thepole 72 of the magnet 4. A,- similar set of insulated ,contacts 57, 58 and are mounted on the other pole 73 of magnet a and connected, respectively, to the taps 50,. 51. and 52 of the resistance 71. For the sake of clearness I have shown only one tap in each arm of the resistance .71

but more be made when a finer regulation is desired, in which case the poles and sets ofjcontacts on magnet 4 will be correspondingly increased. Opposite the magnet 4: is the magnet 5' having its wind ing 13" connected between. the brush 37 and terminal 47 through the wires t4 and 70, and having its poles 74' and in juxtaposi- .ishes.

mg 13 to gradually decrease to a prede- These brushes are connected by.

tion to the poles 72 and 7 3, respectively, of the magnet at. Arranged normally in an intermediate position, are sets of contacts 62 and 63 mounted on armatures 60 and 61, the contacts in each set being electrically connected together. These sets of contacts are adapted to short-circuit the fixed con phases of the secondary, the series extension of the rotor in this case being from brush 37, through Wire 44, winding 13, wire 70, terminal 47 through 116 arm of resistance 71 to the zero point 53. When the main line switch 1' 1s closed-to start the motor, maximum current tends to flow in the secondary or rotor but this is limited by the resistance 71. The potential in the secondary being a maximum at starting, the magnet 5 will be energized to its fullest extent by a single phase current. At the same time the magnet 4: is energized by a single-phase current direct fronrthe-mainlines 35 and 36 but this current is substantially constant. ,The magnets are so wound that the armature 60 .Will be drawn toward the pole 74 and thearmature 61 toward the pole 75 as soon as the switch 1 is closed and current flows, and the ma so constructed that the 'pole 75 1s nearer to pole 73 than pole 74 is to pole 72. After the motor starts and increases in speed the voltage-1n the secondary gradually dimin- This causes the current in the Windtermined value when the strength of magnet pole 73 becomes greater.than that of pole 75 and the armature 61 is drawn. toward the left whereupon the contacts 57, 58 and'59 will be electrically connected by the contacts 63 and thus short-circuit part of the resist ancc 7 This allows the rotor to increase in speed until it reaches another predetermined value when the pole 72overcomes the pole 74 and the armature 60 is drawn toward the left to cause the movable contacts 62 to connect the fixed contacts 54, 55 and 56 and short-circuit the. remainder of the re sistance 71. The motor can now attain its maximum speed, the armatures 60 and 61 being held adjacent the poles of shunt magnet t. In Fig. t I have s wn a modification of the details of my apparatus and illustrated the same mounted on a suitable base ,87 of insulation and in connection with. the reversing switches 76 and 77. As thus shown this construction is particularly applicable to electric elevators, the manual controlling switch 139' being placed in the car and the motor-armature shaft connected to the hoisting mechanism, though, of course, it may be used in other relations. Fixed to the standards S13 and 86 on the board-8T is the shaft 8-1 on which are pivoted the donble-armcd levers 132, 133, 131, 135 and 136 in front of the magnets 41" and 'lhese magnets have only one core each, the exposed poles being designated 98 and 99, which extend sulliciently in length to be able to act on all of the armatures connected to the double armed levers just opposite the same. Fixed to the upper ends oil the arms n 8 90, 91 and 92 are contacts 100, 101, 102, 103. 101 which are adapted to sin-res rely engage the fixed contacts 79, 80, 81, S2 and S3, respec'' tively. .Thcse fixed contacts are connected to a resistance so as to divide up the came into sections 8', t), 11" and 12. The lower arms 93,- 9-1, 95, W3 and 97 are each provided with arinaturcs one of which is shown at 106 in Fig. 5. llhese arn'iatures are normally held by gravity against-the pole 95) of the series n'iagnct 5". As shown in Fig. furthermore, the upper armatures,

one of which 105 is shown, a re arrangedatdidcrcnt t listances fron the pole 98 of magnet 1 so that as magnet :7) decreases in strength the armaturcs will beattracted by n'iagnet 4" successively in order to effect a. grad ual or stcp-by-stcp cutting out of the resistances S, 9, 10', 1'1 and 12".

The operation of the apparatus shown in F l will now be set truth. .A detailed zlervzriptioirot the reversing and controlling switches is not given asthey per se form no part oi. my invention.

- stoning the main line-switch l to be d, let the lever 111, pivoted at 112, be

moved toward the right by means of the' handle 1.0T until the contact 137 bears on the fixed contact 108. A. circuit may now be traced from. the plus main, to and through wire 115, solenoid 119 of reversing switch 77. wire 120, contacts 1.08 and 137, le rcr 111, conact 110, wire. 118, to the negative main. The switches 123, 12a and 125 will thereupon-be closed. The switch 125 connects the shunt field 78 directly across the constant potential mains through the wires 127 and 138. The switches 123 and 12-1. close the ren'ia'ining circuits, that through the inotor-armature being traced from. the positive main .to switch 124 and by wire 131 through the resistances 12', 11', 10., J and 8", wire 130, armature 2, wire 129, winding 13" 'of magnet 5", and switch 123 to the negative main. 'hc n'iagnet winding 16" is at the same time connected across the main line from switch 124: to switch 123 and :u'niatures adjacent the magnet poles so that the starting, resistances are short-circuited. The resistance 8" will be first short-circuitcd since the armature of lever 92 is the one nearest the pole 98. The resistance 9 will be next short-circuited, and so on until all the resistances are cut out so the motor can run up to maximum speed. Upon moving the handle .107 to central position the rex'ersing switch 77 will return to its normal position and the lower arms of the double-armed 7 5 levers will automatically drop back to their normal positions thus inserting the starting. resistances. Upon moving t-he handle 107 to thezlet't the reversing switch 76 will be operated. and current sent through the motor 30 armature in the opposite direction but through the field in the same direction therefore reversing the direction of rotation of said armature.

It should be noted that, in Figs. 1, 2 and 3' the operation is entirely automatic after the closing of the main line switch. The advantage. of this is that if the main line current should be turned oil and then on again the motor would not be injured for just as tected by' Letters- Patent of the United States is: 4

1.. The combination with a motor, of an clectro-magnet in series with said motor, a plurality of arl'natures, a plurality of contacts carried by said armatures respectively, a plurality of fixed contacts, a sectional resistance connected to said fixed contacts and in series with said electro-magnet, and an additional electro-magnct of lesser strength at starting than said first-named electromagnet and connected in shunt to the motor, said additional eleetroa'nagnet being in opposition to said first-named electro-magnet t0 successively operate said 'armatures and armature contacts to gradually short-circuit said resistance as the motor "increases in speed.

2. Thecombination with a motor, of an electro-magnet, an additional electro-magnet. arranged in opposition to said firstnamed electro-1nagnet and mechanically separate therefrom, a plurality of armatures for each of said electro-magnets, pivoted levers carrying said armatures, and means controlled by said levers for varying the motor armaturecurrent as the motor increases in speed. i

3. The combination with a motor, of

starting resistance therefor, a plurality of independently niovahle levers, a single 7 means for pivotally supporting the said lesubstantially parallel planes,

pendently nioiiable in front of said electromagnets, .two armatures on each lever, the armatures for. said series magnet being normally in engagement with the elongated pole thereof and the armatures for said firstnamed electro-ma net being arranged at differentdistances cm the pole thereof, and means co-aeting with. said first-named electro-inagnet for varying said resistance.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my a name to this specification in the presence of two Subscribing witnesses.

AUGUST SUNDH. Witnesses:

FRANK T. BROWN, CHARLES M. NISSEN. 

